casperfromholland
Forum Member
- Joined
- Sep 5, 2011
- Messages
- 267
- Location
- Amsterdam Holland
- Car Year
- 1999
- Car Model
- forester sf
- Transmission
- manual 5speed 4.44 end h/l 1.59
Normaly I drive off-road event with a licensed 2wd VW buggy. But with the winter going on here and the low temperatures I decided to go with the forester. My first experience with the forester in deep mud. I must admit that I had doubts if the forester was capable of driving this event. The rest of the guys where driving in wranglers, discoveries lifted suzuki’s and so on. Mud tires and a winch were recommended.
Hmm, my forester has AT tires and is only a little bit modified. I did mount some extra lights on the roof and that makes driving at night when the front end of your car is packed with mud a lot easier.
Starting at 16:00 in the afternoon
But what a surprise the small forester was for everybody! And for myself to be honest..
I heard several times on the CB the question if the Subaru was still driving. And I was.. Didn’t got stuck what so ever, even where LR 90 and landcruisers who started behind me did.
Starting at 16:00 in the afternoon
Towing and repairing a vitara some stops for a drink took some time. The group I was driving in reached the finish at 23.30. 7 hours driving, not really fast for only 140km distance. But what a time we had!
I broke my already rusted exhaust and the forry is muddy but for the rest oke.
I noticed that the stock suspension is to soft for these conditions. It bottoms out quite quickly. The next modification wil be a set of ironman or king springs. If somebody knows a company who sells those springs in Europe please let me know!
what a great car this is!
More pics and a lot of Dutch at:
https://www.modderpoel.nl/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=21685&start=15
Casper
Hmm, my forester has AT tires and is only a little bit modified. I did mount some extra lights on the roof and that makes driving at night when the front end of your car is packed with mud a lot easier.
Starting at 16:00 in the afternoon
But what a surprise the small forester was for everybody! And for myself to be honest..
I heard several times on the CB the question if the Subaru was still driving. And I was.. Didn’t got stuck what so ever, even where LR 90 and landcruisers who started behind me did.
Starting at 16:00 in the afternoon
Towing and repairing a vitara some stops for a drink took some time. The group I was driving in reached the finish at 23.30. 7 hours driving, not really fast for only 140km distance. But what a time we had!
I broke my already rusted exhaust and the forry is muddy but for the rest oke.
I noticed that the stock suspension is to soft for these conditions. It bottoms out quite quickly. The next modification wil be a set of ironman or king springs. If somebody knows a company who sells those springs in Europe please let me know!
what a great car this is!
More pics and a lot of Dutch at:
https://www.modderpoel.nl/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=21685&start=15
Casper
